From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mike Frysinger Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 08:56:22 -0500 Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH 2/2] mvgbe: fix network device indices In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <201111080856.23342.vapier@gentoo.org> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de On Tuesday 08 November 2011 02:32:59 Prafulla Wadaskar wrote: > On some boards, using mvbge random mac generation is needed since there is > no eeprom to hold this. Further practically it is not possible to hardcode > mac address and recompile, nor it is suggested to have any mac/ip/server > address definition in board config files. > > Random mac address helps to resolve dhcp issues with more similar boards in > the same network in such cases and will be applicable for any board. > > Your patch is clean to abstract out mac randomization, on the other hand > you should not remove the support for other boards which are already using > it. > > May be some more patches on the top to move support in board/arch specific > files are needed. (if framework can not be entertained) i'm not the one to convince. i think Wolfgang addressed these already and still said no. -mike -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 836 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. Url : http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/attachments/20111108/93a1f23c/attachment.pgp